 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 32.71%  0.4pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Result by district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of West Yorkshire alongside the 2024 United Kingdom local elections. [1] Tracy Brabin of the Labour Party won with 275,430 votes. [2]
The Mayor of West Yorkshire is the directly elected leader of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The mayoralty handles the £38 million-per-year investment coming from the central government for 30 years from 2021. [3] The mayor has control over regional transport (including working toward creating a regional mass transit system), housing, land (with responsibility for creating a city region spatial plan) and adult skills. [4] [5] The role includes the responsibilities of the police and crime commissioner for West Yorkshire, similar to the Mayor of London and the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
The first election for the office was held in 2021, which Labour's Tracy Brabin won, winning with 59.8% of the vote to the 40.2% achieved by the second-placed candidate, Conservative Matthew Robinson. [6]
Unlike the previous election, which used a supplementary vote system, this election was the first to use the first-past-the-post voting system to elect the mayor as a result of the changes made by the Elections Act 2022. Voters were able to vote for a single candidate, and the candidate receiving the most votes was elected mayor. [7]
The poll conducted by Censuswide was unweighted, and included 16–17 year olds. [14]
| Dates conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Lab | Con | Yorks | Green | Lib Dems | Reform | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9–19 February 2024 | Censuswide | Yasper | 1,001 | 52% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 9% | – | 37 |
| 6 May 2021 | 2021 election | – | 43.1% | 29.1% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 14.0 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Tracy Brabin | 275,430 | 50.4 | +7.4 | |
| Conservative | Arnold Craven | 82,757 | 15.1 | −13.8 | |
| Green | Andrew Cooper | 66,648 | 12.2 | +3.0 | |
| Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 47,937 | 8.8 | −0.9 | |
| Independent | Richard Tilt | 46,443 | 8.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | 27,501 | 5.0 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 192,673 | 35.2 | +21.3 | ||
| Turnout | 546,716 | 32.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +10.6 | |||
| Districts | Tracy Brabin Lab | Arnold Craven Con | Andrew Cooper Green | Bob Buxton Yorkshire | Richard Tilt Independent | Stewart Golton Lib Dems | Total valid votes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Bradford | 55,878 | 44.73% | 19,206 | 15.38% | 14,394 | 11.52% | 9,791 | 7.84% | 19,889 | 15.92% | 5,758 | 4.61% | 124,916 |
| Calderdale | 27,228 | 53.08% | 8,641 | 16.85% | 6,070 | 11.83% | 4,155 | 8.10% | 3,205 | 6.25% | 1,995 | 3.89% | 51,294 |
| Kirklees | 47,897 | 43.67% | 17,690 | 16.13% | 19,296 | 17.59% | 7,944 | 7.24% | 12,138 | 11.07% | 4,713 | 4.30% | 109,678 |
| Leeds | 107,011 | 54.83% | 26,563 | 13.61% | 22,097 | 11.32% | 19,062 | 9.77% | 7,479 | 3.83% | 12,971 | 6.65% | 195,183 |
| Wakefield | 37,416 | 57.00% | 10,657 | 16.23% | 4,791 | 7.30% | 6,985 | 10.64% | 3,732 | 5.69% | 2,064 | 3.14% | 65,645 |
| Totals | 275,430 | 50.38% | 82,757 | 15.14% | 66,648 | 12.19% | 47,937 | 8.77% | 46,443 | 8.49% | 27,501 | 5.03% | 546,716 |
Batley and Spen was a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The most recent MP was Kim Leadbeater, a Labour politician, elected in a 2021 by-election by a 323-vote margin. The seat had returned Labour MPs since the 1997 general election.
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Leeds has had a council since 1626, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority local government services in the city. It is the second most populous local government district in the United Kingdom with approximately 800,000 inhabitants living within its area; only Birmingham City Council has more. Since 1 April 2014, it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The city of Bristol, England, is a unitary authority, represented by four MPs representing seats wholly within the city boundaries. The overall trend of both local and national representation became left of centre during the latter 20th century. The city has a tradition of local activism, with environmental issues and sustainable transport being prominent issues in the city.
Tracy Lynn Brabin is a British politician who has been the Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021 under the Labour and Co-operative banner.
In the United Kingdom, devolution is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament, the Senedd, the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies: the Scottish Government, the Welsh Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and in England, the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is the combined authority for West Yorkshire in England. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 on 1 April 2014. It is a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration. The metro-mayor of the authority is Tracy Brabin.
The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire, a historic county of England. The party, which was founded in 2014, campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, environment, transportation and housing.
The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands, with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections, and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.
The 2017 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 4 May 2017. Local elections were held across Great Britain, with elections to 35 English local authorities and all councils in Scotland and Wales.
On 20 October 2016, a by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen. It was triggered by the murder of the incumbent member of parliament (MP), Jo Cox, on 16 June 2016. The Labour candidate, Tracy Brabin, won with 85.8% of the vote. Four parties with parliamentary representation did not enter candidates, out of respect for Cox. Nine candidates contested against Labour, and none reached the 5% threshold to keep their deposit.
The 2021 West Midlands mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands, on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales, including councillors in six of its seven boroughs and the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands city region. This was the second election for the post, which had its first election in 2017 due to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The mayor was elected using the supplementary vote system. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The inaugural Sheffield City Region mayoral election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect the mayor of the Sheffield City Region. The mayor will lead the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Voting is restricted to the four councils which are constituent members of the combined authority: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield. Together these councils make up South Yorkshire.
The 2018 Leeds City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Leeds City Council in England. It was held on the same day as other UK local elections across England.
The 2021 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2021. More than 145 English local councils, around 5,000 councillor seats, thirteen directly elected mayors in England, and 39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were contested. On the same day, the 2021 Hartlepool by-election took place, and there were also elections to the Scottish Parliament, Senedd and London Assembly, the last in conjunction with the London mayoral election.
The Mayor of West Yorkshire is a directly elected mayor responsible for the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in England. The Mayor chairs and leads the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and assumes the office and powers of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
The inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect the Mayor of West Yorkshire. It took place simultaneously on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom, including council elections in each of the five metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire.
A by-election was held in the UK parliamentary constituency of Batley and Spen on 1 July 2021, following the resignation of the previous Member of Parliament (MP) Tracy Brabin, who was elected Mayor of West Yorkshire on 10 May. Under the devolution agreement, the position holds the powers and responsibilities of a police and crime commissioner, meaning the occupant of the office cannot simultaneously sit as an MP. The by-election was the fourth of the 58th Parliament, elected in 2019.
The 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect the Mayor of South Yorkshire, the leader of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. It took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. The Labour and Co-operative Party candidate, Oliver Coppard, won the election in the second round with 71.4% of the vote.
The 2022 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 21 out of 63 — were elected. The election took place alongside the 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2024 York and North Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the first mayor of York and North Yorkshire. It took place simultaneously with local elections across England and Wales and was won by the Labour candidate David Skaith.
 Council elections in West Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
| Mayor | |
| Bradford | |
| Calderdale | |
| Kirklees | |
| Leeds |
|
| Wakefield | |
| West Yorkshire CC | |
| West Riding CC | |
| |
  | This United Kingdom election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
